The Sidewheel Mine is a silver and manganese mine located in Cochise county, Arizona.
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Mine Info
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Sidewheel Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sidewheel Mine
Secondary: Rattling Boy
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Tombstone District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Piedras De Sol Mining Co., Sidewheel Leasing Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1921
Year Last Production: 1937
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: SHORT, IRREGULAR POD-LIKE BUNCHES, DISCONNECTED LENS ES, AND PIPE-LIKE MASSES
Structure
Type: L
Description: In Ajax Hill Horst, South Of E-W Trending Prompter Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Production): A FEW HUNDRED TONS OF ORE PRODUCED IN THE 1880'S AND ABOUT 600 TO 700 TONS PRODUCED DURING 1921-1923 AND 1935-1937.
Comment (Location): NW 1/4 SEC. 23. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED MCCABE, BROWN, AND R.S. BUBY
Comment (Deposit): ORE ALONG A ROLL AND ASSOCIATED WITH FRACTURES IN LIMESTONE.
Comment (Workings): MAIN TUNNEL APPROX 750 FT LONG, WITH STOPES AND CROSSCUTS
Comment (Geology): MANGANESE-SILVER MINERALIZATION IN DISTRICT OCCURRED AFTER MAIN IRON-LEAD-ZINC MINERALIZATION PHASE
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM FILES
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 78.
Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 143, 1938
Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES MAP FILE
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.
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